The nineteen-year-old mystery of a man who set fire to himself outside Liverpool’s Anglican cathedral is being re-investigated by police.

The man told a passer-by to look after his wife before tragically killing himself outside the cathedral on October 25, 1995.

He has never been identified.

But now Merseyside Police is dusting off the cold case after detectives received fresh information.

A witness stepped forward after last week reading an ECHO story telling of the 11 bodies that police have never been able to identify.

A Merseyside Police spokesman confirmed officers were to look again at the circumstances of the tragedy.

The man, said to be aged between 25 and 35, of thin build and who was 170cm tall, set himself ablaze outside the cathedral after imploring a passer-by to take care of his wife.

He had a Mohican haircut, blue eyes and was wearing Reebok trainers.

Despite DNA tests and appeals, investigations to trace his family proved fruitless.

The ECHO understands that the witness who has come forward to assist police previously gave an account at the time of the man’s death.

The 11 unidentified bodies are listed on the website of Missing People, a leading charity for missing and unidentified people.

They are part of a tally of 536 people who have never been identified after their bodies or remains were found in the UK.

Cases on Merseyside include a man’s foot found decomposed inside a sock and trainer which washed ashore on Hightown beach on November 17, 2004 and man who was seen to jump into the River Mersey, at Seaforth Docks, and subsequently drowned. His body was found on August 1, 1999.

The Missing Persons Bureau, part of the National Crime Agency, launched its website last year which for the first time contains images and distinguishing features of unidentified bodies found across the country.

The bodies of four missing people have been identified as a result.

Anyone with information should contact police on the non-emergency number, 101.